Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2003-06-26
Acta Astron. 53 (2003) 117
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
14 pages
Scientific paper
We present I-band light curves of 54 Population II Cepheids identified in the OGLE-II catalog of variable objects in the Galactic bulge fields. Their periods range from a fraction of a day to several days. Their light curves show very close similarity to the light curves of classical Cepheids with periods a few times longer. We analyze location of the newly identified Population II Cepheids in the color--magnitude diagram. The position of these objects confirms recent discovery that the interstellar extinction toward the Galactic bulge might be anomalous. The slope of the reddening line obtained from our sample is in very good agreement with the earlier one derived with red clump stars and the one derived with RR~Lyr stars in the Galactic bulge. Our Population II Cepheids follow the same period--luminosity (P--L) relation indicating similar status of these objects. We compare the P--L relation of these stars with the relation of Population II Cepheid detected by the OGLE-II survey in the LMC. Deviations from the P--L relation of the Galactic bulge Cepheids seem to indicate that these objects are located in the Galactic bar similarly to red clump stars.
Kubiak Mateo M. M.
Udalski Andrzej
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